Wooden Leg : a warrior who fought Custer

Type
Book
Authors
Thomas B. Marquis ( Marquis, Thomas B. )
 
Category
General Library Collection  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1971 
Pages
384 
Subject
Wooden Leg -- 1858-1940 
Abstract
"Told with vigor and insight, this is the memorable story of Wooden Leg (1858-1940), one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought with the Lakotas against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wooden Leg remembers the world of the Cheyennes before they were forced onto reservations. He tells of growing up on the Great Plains and learning how to be a Cheyenne man. We hear from him about Cheyenne courtship, camp life, spirituality, and hunting; of skirmishes with Crows, Pawnees, and Shoshones; and of the Cheyennes' valiant but doomed resistance against the army of the United States. In particular, Wooden Leg recalls the fight against Custer at the Little Bighorn, a controversial and arresting recollection that stands as the first published Native account of that battle."--WorldCat.org. 
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